Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortTypha angustifolia
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | grass | Physiology | deciduous, multi stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | vegetables, materials, medicinals & aromatic, environmental |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | harvested from wild |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | shallow (20-50 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 10 | 24 | 7 | 28 | Soil texture | heavy, organic | heavy, medium, light, wide, organic |
| Rainfall (annual) | 500 | 1500 | 300 | 4000 | Soil fertility | high | moderate |
| Latitude | 36 | 32 | 60 | 62 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 2000 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | medium (4-10 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 4.5 | 8 | 4 | 8.5 | Soil drainage | poorly (saturated >50% of year) | poorly (saturated >50% of year) |
| Light intensity | clear skies | very bright | cloudy skies | very bright | |||
| Climate zone | steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry summer (Cs), temperate oceanic (Do), temperate continental (Dc) | Photoperiod | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -33 | Killing temp. early growth | 0 |
| Abiotic toler. | flooding | Abiotic suscept. | drought |
| Introduction risks. | can become a weed |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 130 | 210 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food & beverage | starch | buds |
| food & beverage | protein | buds |
| food & beverage | sugar | bark |
| food & beverage | protein | bark |
| food & beverage | bulbs | |
| food & beverage | flowers | |
| food & beverage | seeds | |
| material | lipids/oil & fats | seeds |
| material | fibres | leaves |
| medicinal | genitourinary system applications | flowers |
| medicinal | blood system applications | flowers |
| medicinal | digestive system applications | flowers |
| environmental | pollution control | entire plant |